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The Morning Wrap: Ayodhya Ghost Returns; Lord Ganesha 'Reincarnates' In Aligarh

The Morning Wrap: Ayodhya Ghost Returns; Lord Ganesha 'Reincarnates' In Aligarh
Hindu God,Lord Ganesha against green background.
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Hindu God,Lord Ganesha against green background.

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Main News

In what could resuscitate the simmering Ayodhya issue, the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the responses of BJP leader L.K. Advani and 19 others on a petition that sought their trial on charges of conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid in 1992.

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The Nalanda University Governing Board has backed Chancellor Amartya Sen's allegation that the Narendra Modi government did not act on a proposal to nominate him for a second term.

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Off The Front Page

People are flocking to worship a baby girl in Aligarh, who they believe to be 'an incarnation' of elephant-god Lord Ganesha. The child was born on Thursday with a protuberance between her two eyes that, to worshippers, resembles the trunk of Ganesha.

The beef ban in Maharashtra may be impeding the dietary habits of carnivores in the Sanjay Gandhi wildlife Park...

A former AAP MLA today alleged that Arvind Kejriwal authorised calls, impersonating officials from Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari's office to several AAP MLAs and offering them crores of rupees to support BJP.

Pakistan has protested the molestation of a 13-year-old girl from the country by an Indian immigration official in Pune. This comes less than a week after an immigration official at Delhi's international airport was suspended for seeking sexual favours from a Bangalore resident travelling to Hong Kong.

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has advised nurses, part of a protest in the state, that they should not stage hunger strikes in the sun because it will make them 'dark' and 'ruin their marital prospects'.

Opinion

Manish Sabharwal, in The Indian Express, says that the heightened economic aspirations of Indians demand a change in the functioning of its civil service.

AK Bhattacharya, in the Business Standard says that the fall in exports from India this year can't be ignored by the Modi government.

Swaminathan Aiyar, in The Economic Times, warns that the government's move to deny winning bidders the right to coal blocks will certainly damage India's international reputation.

Gayatri Chandrasekaran, in Mint, plots the various actors responsible for the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.

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